Wicklow artist says image shared by Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin was inspired by North Frederick Street eviction in 2018
”It was inspired by the Frederick Street [eviction] where masked gardaí were involved in clearing people out of a house in north Dublin,” Mála Spíosraí told The Irish Times on Sunday.
Gardaí in the eviction at in North Frederick Street in September 2018 which drew widespread criticism and prompted a review of operations in the force. Photograph: Jack Power/The Irish Times ”I decided to reissue it [the image] as prints to raise money for charity. I haven’t decided which charity yet but I’m thinking Focus Ireland or Threshold, but I haven’t made up my mind yet.”
“A lot of people seem to be missing the point of it [the image], I think,” he added. “People seem to be really wound up about it as if it’s like it’s some sort of fantastical thing. The guards in the picture are from a picture from the Frederick Street eviction, it’s not like a made-up thing. I just changed the property to an older property, people are like ‘this is ridiculous’ but it’s a real thing.
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